by Hans Hellmut Kirst · Dalai Editore · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788860736031
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«08/15. La rivolta del caporale Asch» is the satirical anti-militarist novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst, published by Dalai Editore in paperback (293 pages, in Italian).
Set in German barracks before the Second World War, the story follows Corporal Herbert Asch, an upright soldier who clashes with the absurdity and inhumanity of the army, caught between Prussian rigidity and Nazi brutality. With characters such as the young gunner Johann Vierbein, Kirst builds a biting satire in which wit and individual resistance cover the entire military structure in ridicule.
First instalment of the «Gunner Asch» series; originally published in 1954 as «08/15 in der Kaserne». This Italian edition was translated by M. Merlini.
For readers of historical fiction and war satire with an interest in Germany before the Second World War.
Hans Hellmut Kirst was a German novelist and the author of 46 books, many of which were translated into English. Kirst is best remembered as the creator of the "Gunner Asch" series which detailed the ongoing struggle of an honest individual to maintain his identity and humanity amidst the criminality and corruption of Nazi Germany.
